Finding Meaning in the Mess with Chevese Turner & Amy Pershing
Chevese Turner & Amy Pershing on the power of advocacy, much over-due community call-ins and making sense of Binge Eating Disorder.
In this episode, Amy and Chevese share their lived experiences with an eating disorder and how it has influenced and enhanced their work. We discuss the pervasive myths, assumptions, stigmatisations and biases surrounding Binge Eating Disorder (BED), what it was like starting a non-for-profit organisation and having BED recognised in the DSM-5. Amy talks about why and how making sense of BED can support healing, more about the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and how Health At Every Size (HAES) (R) can change and define ones practice.
On this episode, you’ll hear;
- Chevese’s experience and observations of the myths, assumptions, stigmatisations and biases surrounding Binge Eating Disorder - see Chapter 4 of their book "Binge Eating Disorder; The Journey to Recovery and Beyond"
- The pervasive & disturbing fat phobic attitudes of the eating disorder community; why it unfortunately reflects the illness and how some of the community need help to come along, in order to not cause harm.
- Amy’s own personal lived experience with an eating disorder and what she heard when entering treatment for the first time.
- Why making sense of Binge Eating Disorder supports healing and recovery – see Chapter 2 of their book.
- More about the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model that can be used withing eating disorder treatment
- How IFS can support healing and recovery through creating a safe space so clients and practitioners can go ‘within’ - safely – see Chapter 3 of their book.
- Chevese’s lived experience; from being born a political advocate, to obtaining her political science degree, working as an advocate in the health care space and continuing her own treatment for her eating disorder.
- How Chevese she came to be an advocate for Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and her journey to start a non-for-profit organisation.
- The critical point of having BED recognised in the DSM-5 and the needed validation and utility it provided.
- Health at Every Size: how the framework has solidified Amy’s personal and professional work and how it has changed and defined her practice and work with clients.
As mentioned in the podcast:
- Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond, Book by Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5)
- Chapter 4 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; The Epic Myths About Your Body That Keep You Stuck (and How to Give Them Up)
- Chapter 2 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; How BED Happens and Why it Makes Sense: Moving Forward by Healing the Past
- Chapter 3 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; Taking Your POWER Back
- Health at Every Size Book by Dr Lindo Bacon, PhD
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works, Book by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole
Connect with Amy:
Website: The Body Wise Program
The Body Wise Program on Facebook
The Body Wise Program on Twitter
Connect with Chevese: